Appeal 2007-2140
Application 09/892,790
Patent 5,917,679
6. The remaining reissue claims are correctly shown in the claim
appendix attached to the Brief.
7. Reissue claims 22-29, 33-40, and 42-60 are not rejected by the
Examiner.
8. With respect to the rejection of claims 21, 30-32, and 41, the
panel affirms the decision of the Examiner.
9. Additionally, the panel enters new grounds of rejection of
claims 21-60.
II. ISSUES
The sole issue before the Board is whether Appellants have
established that the Examiner erred in rejecting claims 21, 30-32, and 41
under 35 U.S.C. § 102(a).
III. FINDINGS OF FACT
The following findings of fact are supported by a preponderance of
the evidence.
A. The Invention
1. According to Appellants (U.S. Patent 5,917,679, Abstract):
A negative pressure air bearing slider includes a slider
body for flying above a surface of a recording disc during
relative rotation of the recording disc. First and second
projections extend from a lead portion of a principal surface of
the slider body to define first and second air bearing surfaces,
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